Category: Emilia-Romagna
Parma: Biblioteca Palatina
Parma: Galleria Nazionale
Parma: Teatro Farnese
Parma: Santissima Annunziata

The district west of Parma’s historical city centre is called Oltretorrente, which means ‘beyond the river’. This is of course a reference to the river Parma. It is hard to miss the church of Santissima Annunziata while exploring Oltretorrente. The church, which is alternatively known as the Basilica del Paradiso,…
Parma: Museo Diocesano
Parma: Santa Maria della Steccata
Parma: San Giovanni Evangelista
Parma: The Baptistery

The beautiful Baptistery of Parma occupies the south side of the Piazza del Duomo. The building, clad in pink marble from Verona, is a mix of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. The lower part has the well-known Romanesque rounded arches and Romanesque sculptures, but higher up these rounded arches have already…
Parma: The Duomo
Modena: Galleria Estense
Modena: Santa Maria della Pomposa
Modena: Musei del Duomo
Modena: The Duomo
Bologna: Le due Torri
Bologna: San Petronio
Bologna: Santa Maria dei Servi
Bologna: San Giacomo Maggiore
Bologna: Santo Stefano

The complesso di Santo Stefano is a very special complex of churches, chapels, a courtyard and a cloister. Although the complex adjoins the Piazza Santo Stefano and a street named the Via Santo Stefano runs alongside the buildings towards the Porta Santo Stefano, the complex rather surprisingly does not have…
Bologna: The cathedral of San Pietro

I have many travel guides about Italy. Almost all of them contain information about Bologna, but remarkably not a single one of them discusses the cathedral of the city. Apparently the Duomo of Bologna is fairly unknown and frequently skipped by tourists, which may have contributed to the common misconception…